Most African countries lack accurate local base maps, stalling all sorts of government and business decisions. A new project ...

Just four months after the death of the Nelson Mandela, the South Africa tourist board has created a map so visitors can follow in the anti-apartheid freedom fighter’s footsteps. Just four months ...

We often think of a map as a realistic representation of the world, but it is actually quite the opposite: a neat and idealistic drawing of borders in what are often messy places with no visible ...

The African Union is fighting to correct the misrepresentation of the African continent. By advocating for maps that reflect Africa’s true size, the AU aims to ensure a more accurate representation of ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...

South Africans have a wide range of mobile navigation apps they can use to find the fastest routes to destinations or travel without getting lost. A recent MyBroadband poll showed that our readers had ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4 500 ...

As South Africa’s elephants swell from 500 to 3,000 in the Associated Private Nature Reserves, the debate rages over how to ...